Category Archives: Books

Books That Changed My Life

Posted on 03.07.2008 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Une série de livres qui m’ont marquée.[en]Picked up on Lifehacker (via Feedly, which I really like!), What Books Have Changed Your Life? — so, off the top of my head, and way too late in the night to do any … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Books, influence, life, people, reading, Thinking, world | 1 Comment

Conference Experience Evolution and The Paradox of Choice

Posted on 14.03.2008 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Mes réflexions sur l’expérience vécue lors de conférences comme LIFT08, LeWeb3, SXSW, BlogTalk, à la lumière de ma lecture du livre The Paradox of Choice. Surcharge cognitive et sociale, trop de décisions à prendre. Evolution également, entre les premières conférences … Continue reading →

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An Experiment (Seesmic and The Black Swan)

Posted on 05.01.2008 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Une de mes frustrations avec la lecture de livres c’est la difficulté que j’ai à partager le fruit de mes lectures en ligne. Recopier des citations c’est chiant! Donc là, une expérience. Utiliser Seesmic pour commenter ce que je suis … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Books, experiment, offline, online, reading, seesmic, sharing, taleb, the black swan, video, Videos | 8 Comments

Reading The Black Swan

Posted on 15.10.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Notes de lecture de “The Black Swan”, sur l’impact des événements hautement improbables.[en]One of the things I did yesterday during my time offline was read a sizeable chunk of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged blackswan, book, Books, essay, fear, impact, improbable, life, notes, philosophy, probability, Psychology / Sociology, reading, society, statistics, taleb | 6 Comments

A Day at the Frankfurter Buchmesse

Posted on 13.10.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Etat des lieux sur mes recherches de fonds et exploration du monde de l’édition pour mon livre sur les ados et internet. Envies de publier (via internet) des livres avec mes photos, aussi.[en]A month or two ago, I was chatting … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Digital Youth, Livre, My corner of the world | Tagged adolescents, book fair, Books, buchmesse, Digital Youth, édition, financement, frankfurt, frankfurter buchmesse, french, funding, Livre, My Photos, Photography, project, projet, publication, publishing, suisse romande, switzerland | 7 Comments

Borders: Intentionally Misleading Marketing Ploy

Posted on 21.05.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Les étiquettes sur les livres que je viens d’acheter chez Borders, un grand libraire anglo-saxon, sont conçues de façon à induire en erreur l’acheteur. On comprend “achetez-en un, recevez-en un: moitié prix” alors qu’en fait c’est “achetez-en un, recevez-en un … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Travels | Tagged Books, borders, evilmarketing, fineprint, london, marketing, misleading, ploy, sale, sticker, Travels, Venting | 22 Comments

Getting Things Done: It’s Just About Stress

Posted on 11.03.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Getting Things Done: non pas un moyen d’accomplir plus de choses, mais un moyen de passer moins de temps sur ce qu’on a décidé qu’on devait accomplir. Moins de stress. Plus de liberté. Plus de temps à soi.[en]Anne seems to … Continue reading →